AIANY Testimony to MTA on Congestion Pricing
AIANY letter to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority expressing support for New York’s Central Business District Tolling Program, also known as congestion pricing. In the NYC metropolitan area, congestion in the central business district creates untenable delays for emergency vehicles, buses, delivery vehicles, and drivers who have no other choice but to take cars and trucks into the zone. Chronic disinvestment in transit has meant an unreliable, inaccessible system that lurches from crisis to crisis. Congestion pricing is a proven solution for reducing traffic congestion, improving air quality, and raising money to fund public transit.